Bag-holder.



PATENTED SEPT. l, 1903.

A. W. FRENCH.

BAG HULDER.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 7, 1902.

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A. W. FRENCH.

-BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1902.

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PATENT OFFICE.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,730, dated September 1, 1903. Original application Eletl October 7, 1901, Serial No. 77,755. Divided and this application led July 7,1902. Serial To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED W. FRENCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Piqua, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to a bag-holder which is more particularly intended for use in conjunction with an oil-cake-packing machine, such as disclosed in my application for United States Letters Patent, Serial No. 77,755, filed October 7, 1901, of which the present application is a division, to hold a bag or cover distended while a pile or stack of the cakes is introduced bodily into the bag. The bagholder is not, however, limited in its usefulness or application to a machine such as shown in my said application, but may be used in other connections for holding a bag or the like to be filled with a quantity of thin flat cakes, other analogous articles, or other material.

The main object of the invention is to provide a desirable bagiholder of simple construction which will enable the quick and ready application and removal of the bag and which will properly hold the bag While the material is being introduced into the same.

Another object is the provision of a bagholder which will expand the bag, if required, to receive a pile of cakes of somewhat greater breadth than the normal breadth of the bag, so that when the bag with the cakes contained therein is removed from the bag-holder the bag will contract around the cakes, whereby a tight compact package is formed.

In the accompanying drawings, consisting of two sheets, Figure l is aside elevation of a bag-holder embodying the invention and showing a bag in place thereon. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the bag being omitted and the parts in position to receive the bag. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the'bag-holder, showing the parts in the position they occupy when a bag is on the holder. Fig. Al is a similar view showing the parts in position to receive a bag. Fig. 5 is a transverse section on line 5 5, Fig. 2, with the top plate removed.

Like letters of reference referto like part-s in the several figures.

(No model.)

A represents an elevated support or table for the cakes, which are piled or stacked automatically or by hand on the table one above the other, and B represents a pusher or plunger adapted to travel across the support or table and move the pile of cakes from the table into a bag on the bag-holder, which is arranged at one side of the table, as more fully explained in my said application.

The bag-holder comprises, briefly stated, a substantially horizontal thin bottom plate or piece, thin vertical side plates or pieces movably mounted at the opposite longitudinal sides of the bottom plate, and a thin top plate or piece movably mounted between the vertical side plates or pieces. The bag is slipped over the plates or pieces thus arranged and held thereby with its mouth distended or open, so as to receive the pile of cakes from the table. The specific construction of the bagholder shown in the drawings is as follows:

C indicates parallel horizontal supporting timbers or pieces placed in the rear of the cake support 0r table.

The bottom, top, and side holding plates or pieces for the bag are indicated, -respectively, at D, D', D2, and Ds and are preferably arranged as shown in the drawings. The bottom plate is supported at its opposite sides on the supporting-pieces C and is inclined or beveled downwardly at its front end, which is pivoted to thev upper front corners of the timbers C in any suitable manner, as by means of a transverse rod ol, secured to the under side of the inclined front portion of the plate, and the ends of which enter sockets in the timbers. The bottom plate is thus supported substantially on the level of the upper face of the cake support or table, and the front end is slightly below this level,

so that the lowermost cake of the pile will be IDG tion of each post E extends down through horizontally-elongated slots e in upper and connected by an upper transverse spring F and the lower collars f' being connected by a second transverse spring F. The springs pass through registering holes f2 in the timbers C and the backs of the brackets e e and act to hold the posts yieldingly in their innermost positions or against the inner ends of the slots e. (See Fig. 5.) The collars being loose on the posts permit the same to be turned or moved up and down in their brackets without moving the collars. The side plates are held in .their normal position (shown in Fig. 3)-that is, substantially parallel-by a transverse spring G, the ends of which are connected to the front end of arms g, one secured to each postE and projecting forwardly beside the adjacent timbers C. The spring holds the arms g against the outer faces of the timbers C, which thus constitute stops for the arms. The rear ends of the side plates are adapted to be swung in or toward each other for the' purpose of placing the bag over the holder. Each post E is provided at or near its upper end with a rearwardly-projecting arm g', which arms are pressed towardeach other to throw the rear ends of the side plates inward.

g2 indicates a chain or the like connected to one arm and provided with a ring or loop g3 at its free end, which is adapted to be slipped over the end of the other arm to hold` the arms and plates in their inner position.

The top plate D' is preferably detachably hung, as by means of hooks h, on a transverse rod H, which is loosely supported above the top edges of the side plates by links h',

pivoted at their upper ends one to each post E. The top plate preferably tapers slightly toward its rear end to enable it to be more readily slipped into the bag and has its up` engages the top plate and moves it up until it is substantially parallel with the Ybottom plate.

The plates of the holder are preferably made of sheet metal and constitute, in eect, an expansible rectangular box or lining for the bag. The cakes in being introduced into the bag therefore cannot engage with the sides thereof and disengage the same from the holder. l

In order to enable the bag to be more easily placed on and removed from the holder, provision is made for raising the rear end of the bottom plate and the side plates up sufficiently The. top plate normally occupies the inclined po. sition indicated in Fig. l, and as the cakes` are pushed into the bag the top of the pile= to enable the lower side of the bag to be readily slipped under the same. The means shown in the drawings for accomplishing this is as follows:

' I indicates a treadle-lever secured intermediate of its ends to one end of a transverse rock-shaft t', journaled in suitable bearings or openings in the timbers C beneath the bottom plate of the bag-holder. The front end of the lever engages beneath a lixed collar t on the adjacent upright post E. At the opposite end of the rock-shaft t' is secured an arm 2, the front end of which engages beneath a similar xed collar 3 on the other y post E. lt will thus be seen that by depressing the front end of the treadle-lever the front end thereof and the arm t2 move up and lift the posts and side plates.

S indicates an arm secured to the rock-shaft t between the timbers C and having an upwardly-extending front end which engages the bottom plate D in front of its pivot and tilts the rear end thereof up when the treadle is depressed.

In the use of the bag-holder the cakes are piled on the support or` table A. The top plate D' of the bag-holder is then detached from its supporting-rod and removed from between the side plates D2 D3, the rear ends of which are then swung toward each other by means of the arms g and are held in this inclined position by engaging the ring at the end of the chain g2, which is attached to one arm over the opposite arm. The treadle I is then depressed, which, as before explained, raises the bottom and side plates, and a bag is slipped over the holding-plates, preferably with its mouth or open end turnedor folded back, asindicated in Fig. l. The treadle I is then released and the chain-ring g3 disengaged from the arm g. The spring G then draws the arms gtoward'each other-until they are stopped by the timbers C, in which position the side plates stand substantially parallel and distend the bag. The top plate D' is then replaced on its supporting-rod in the inclined position indicated in Fig. l, and the bag is ready to be filled. The pusher is then moved across the support or table A and pushes the cakes into the bag-holder. The length of movement of the plunger is sul'lcient to cause the forward end of the pile of cakes to engage the bottom of the bag and push the bag olf of the bag-holder. The cakes vary somewhat in size, so that the pile mayv be somewhat larger in height or breadth than the cross dimensions of the bag. The side plates having Haring or outturned ends can receive the pile, and as the latter is forced into the bag-holder it forces the side plates bodily apart, which stretch or expand the bag. This bodily lateral movement of the side plates is permitted by reason of the described manner of mounting the upright posts to which the plates are secured. The top plate being pivoted is free to rise as the pile is shoved into the holder, and if the pile is somewhat higher than the IOO IIO

upper side of the bag the links permit the top plate to rise bodily without bending and raise or stretch the upper side of the bag for its full length.

I claim as my inventionl. A bag-holder comprising a bottom and sides adapted to enter the bag, said sides being pivotally mounted independently of the bottom to swing horizontally toward each other, and means for raising said bottom and sides vertically, substantially as setforth.

2. A bag-holder comprising a bottom and sides adapted to enter the bag, said sides being pivotally mounted independently of the bottom to swing horizontally toward each other to enable the bag to be placed over them, and to move bodily away from each other to, expand the bag, substantially as set forth.

3. A bag-holder comprising separate bottom, top and sides adapted to enter the bag, said sides being pivotally mounted to swing horizontally toward each other, and said top being detachably mounted between said sides, substantially as set forth.

4. A bag-holder comprising separate bottom, top and sides adapted to enter the bag, said sides being mounted to move bodily away from each other to expand the bag, and said top being mounted to move vertically between said sides, substantially as set forth.

5. A bag-holder comprising a bottom, top and sides which are separate from each other and are adapted to enter the bag, said sides being mounted to swing horizontally toward each other to enable the bag to be placed over them, and to move bodily away from each other to expand the bag, and said top being detachably mounted between said sides and adapted to move vertically, substantially as set forth.

6. A bag-holder comprising a bottom and sides which are separate from each other and adapted to enter the bag, vertical posts to which said sides are secured and which are movable bodily away from each other, means for holding said posts yieldngly toward each other, said sides being adapted to swing toward each other to enable the bag to be placed over them, substantially as set forth.

7. A bag-holder comprising a bottom, top and sides which are separete from each other and are adapted to enter the bag, said bottom and top being pivoted to swing vertically, and said sides being pivotally mounted to swing horizontally toward each other, and means for moving said bottom, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of a bottom, posts pivotally supported at opposite sides of said bottom and adapted to move away from each other, sides secured to said posts, means for yieldngly holding said posts toward each other, and means for moving said posts and said bottom vertically, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination of a bottom, posts pivotally mounted at opposite sides of said bottom and bodily movable away from each other, sides secured to said posts, means for holding said posts yieldngly toward each other, means for raising said post-s and moving said bottom vertically, and a top arranged between said sides and movably supported from said posts, substantially as set forth. v

10. In a bag-holder, the combination of a bottom, top and sides adapted to enter the bag, said bottom being pivotally mounted to swing vertically, vertical posts to which said sides are secured and which are mounted to turn and to move horizontally away from each other, springs for yieldngly holding said posts toward each other, a spring for holding said sides substantially parallel, and means for moving said bottom and posts vertically, substantially as set forth.

11. In a bag-holder, the combination of a bottom and sides which are separate from each other and are adapted to enter the bag, vertical posts to which said sides are secured and which are mounted to move away from each other and to turn, swinginglinks carried by the upper ends of said posts, a rod connecting said swinging links, and a top which is detachably hung on said rod and is adapted to move vertically between said sides, substantially as set forth.

l2. In a bag-holder, the combination of a bottom and sides which are separate from each other and are adapted to enter the bag, said bottom being pivoted to swing vertically, upright posts to which said sides are secured and which are mounted at opposite sides of said bottom: and are adapted to move laterally, vertically and to turn, collars loosely surrounding said posts, springs connecting said collars to hold said posts yieldngly toward each other, arms secured to said posts, a spring connecting said arms to hold said sides substantially parallel, a lever, arms connected to said lever and engaging parts secured to said posts to raise the latter vertically, and an arm connecting said lever and engaging said bottom to move the latter vertically, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 24th day of `lune, 1902.

ALFRED WV. FRENCH.

Witnesses:

JNO. J. BONNER, Cults. W. PARKER. 

